diff --git a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 348a0e9b80..8600f25875 100644
--- a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ contents:
         "/run/containers/oci/hooks.d",
     ]
     manage_ns_lifecycle = true
-    drop_infra_ctr = true
 
     [crio.image]
     global_auth_file = "/var/lib/kubelet/config.json"
diff --git a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 348a0e9b80..8600f25875 100644
--- a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ contents:
         "/run/containers/oci/hooks.d",
     ]
     manage_ns_lifecycle = true
-    drop_infra_ctr = true
 
     [crio.image]
     global_auth_file = "/var/lib/kubelet/config.json"